Flushing device for water-closets.



A. VON RADIGH. FLUSHING DEVICE FOR WATER GLOSBTS.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 4, 1912.

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ACHATIUS VON RADICH, OF BUDAPEST, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

FLUSI-IING DEVICE FOR WATER-CLOSETS.

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Application filed December 4., 1912.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, Acrm'rius VON RA- DIOH, subject of the King ofHungary, 're siding at King Palace, Budapest 1, Austria- Hungary, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Flushing Devices for lVater-Closets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved flushing device for waterclosets, and my improvements consist in certain combinations andarrangements of parts, as are fully described hereinafter.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure1 is a vertical longitudinal section through my improved flushingdevice; Fig. 2 shows the same parts in two other positions, one of thembeing drawn in full lines, the other being indicated by dotted lines,and Fig. 3 is a representation similar to Fig. 1, showing a slightlymodified form of construction.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, a is an open box having an outlet 6 andcontaining a vessel 0 of somewhat peculiar shape, which is supported bypivots (Z and may swing upon the same. The part of the vessel 0 lefthandfrom the pivots (Z is heavier than the other part and may be furnishedfor this purpose with a special piece of iron a forming a poise. Owingto the greater weight of the lefthand part of the vessel 0, the latterwhen empty has a tendency to turn in the direction of the arrow f untilits movement is stopped by a lug Z.

2' is the pipe for conducting the water into the vessel 0.

The cock 9 has an arm in, which is moved by the adjacent wall of thevessel 0 also in the direction of the arrow f; the cock 9 is thenopened, and water flows into the vessel filling it up to a certainheight, when the r'ighthand part of the vessel becomes the heavier one,so as to cause the vessel to tilt from the left to the right (Fig. 2).The movement of the vessel 0 in this direction is stopped by a lug 7:attached at p to a lever 0, hinged to one of the walls of the box a andbeing provided with a chain m or the like, by means of which the lug 70may be drawn oil the vessel 0. Previous hereto the position of thevessel 0 is that shown in full lines in Fig. 2, and in this position thearm it is out of contact with the vessel and the cock 9 is closed. Whenthe Specification of Letters Patent.

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lug k is drawn oil the edge j of the vessel 0, the latter tilts suddenlyand flushes the closet as usual, its position being then that indicatedby dotted lines in Fig. 2, in which its free edge is supported by a lugn. The shape of the vessel 0 is such that after the tilting a certainsmall quantity of the water remains within the vessel in such a positionas to assist in the vessel reassuming, automatically, its formerposition. a rig. 2 is the recess where that quantity of water collects.

The lug is hinged to the lever 0 and may turn around the pivot 29 in thedirection of the arrow 9 only. The edge j of the vessel 0 may thus passaway below the lug 76 (from the right to the left) also when the lever 0is in its position of rest, but in the other direction (Fig. 2) the lug70 cannot give way.

If the device remains out of action for a comparatively long time, sothat a certain part of the water can evaporate, it seems possible thatthe vessel 0 assumes a medium position, or a state of equilibriumrespectively, so that its rear wall moves away from the lug is, but itsfront wall does not raise enough the arm it to open the cock g. Thedevice is then obviously unable to work. To prevent such a state, I havedevised the form of construction represented in Fig. 3, the gist ofwhich consists in an arrangement for adding, automatically a certainsmall quantity of water to the water already contained in the filledvessel 0 when the latter abuts against the lug is, so that thesuperfluous water cannot be evaporated in regular intervals of workingof the device. For this purpose a vessel 1" is inserted in the pipe 2',which vessel has beside this discharge opening s a very small opening 6.The section of the discharge opening 8 is a little smaller than thesection of the pipe 2' or the cock 5/, so that the vessel r will befilled with water, when the cock 9 is opened. It the cock 9 is thenclosed the content of the vessel 1" is filled in the vessel 0, so thatthe same receives a superfluous surcharge of water, which will not beevaporated in the regular intervals of working. The small opening 25serves to cause the air to enter in the vessel 7", when the latter isemptied.

ltt is obvious that the invention as de- Ill-0 Claim:

In a flushing device of the character described in combination With thetilting vessel thereof, a valve having an arm controlled by the movementof said vessel for opening and closing said valve, a pipe for supplyingWater to said vessel upon the opening of the valve by said arm, a vesselat the end of said pipe having a discharge opening of smaller diameterthan the diameter of the pipe, and 10 an air vent, substantially asdescribed and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ACHATIUS VON RADICH. S Witnesses:

Fiinor SonoN, HUGH KEMENY.

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